 Jim Storm recommended to showrunners that his brother Michael Storm replace him as Larry, for which Michael was hired and appeared as the character from January 1969 onward through his (and its) last onscreen appearance opposite actor Philip Carey (Asa Buchanan) on the episode aired May 28, 2004.The younger brother of Anna (Doris Belack) and Vince Wolek (Antony Ponzini), Dr. Larry Wolek (Paul Tulley) is introduced as the boyfriend of rich socialite Meredith Lord (Trish Van Devere), a match which Meredith's father, media magnate Victor Lord (Ernest Graves), does not approve.In July 1968, Victor pushes Meredith into an engagement with the more socially acceptable Dr. Ted Hale (Terry Logan).